Canada Finds Grok Broke Privacy Law After Generating 6,000 Sexual Deepfakes an Hour
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Updated · Global News · Jun 11
Canada Finds Grok Broke Privacy Law After Generating 6,000 Sexual Deepfakes an Hour
3 articles · Updated · Global News · Jun 11
Summary
Canada’s privacy commissioner said X Corp and xAI launched Grok’s image tool without adequate safeguards, enabling users to create and share sexualized deepfakes that largely targeted women and children.
A January investigation examined whether the companies had valid consent to collect, use and disclose personal information to create explicit deepfakes, and concluded the tool breached federal private-sector privacy law.
X and xAI have since added safeguards and proactive sweeps to detect and remove the content, while committing to quarterly updates and independent third-party audit reports until the problem is fully resolved.
The ruling adds to widening pressure on Grok after backlash over millions of alleged nonconsensual images, with probes in the U.K., EU and California and proposed Canadian legislation to criminalize such deepfakes.